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MUGWORT
Definition of MUGWORT
noun
Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUGWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUGWORT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GMORTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MUGWORT?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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